diff --git a/libs.mk b/libs.mk
index 43545e38a35ef96dc1f05b277d8a7bac83defe8d..4691a125846419481083ef95cdbd0adfb0780a91 100644
--- a/libs.mk
+++ b/libs.mk
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ CODEC_EXPORTS-$(CONFIG_DECODERS) += vpx/exports_dec
 INSTALL-LIBS-yes += include/vpx/vpx_codec.h
 INSTALL-LIBS-yes += include/vpx/vpx_image.h
 INSTALL-LIBS-yes += include/vpx/vpx_integer.h
-INSTALL-LIBS-yes += include/vpx/vpx_codec_impl_top.h
-INSTALL-LIBS-yes += include/vpx/vpx_codec_impl_bottom.h
 INSTALL-LIBS-$(CONFIG_DECODERS) += include/vpx/vpx_decoder.h
 INSTALL-LIBS-$(CONFIG_ENCODERS) += include/vpx/vpx_encoder.h
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_EXTERNAL_BUILD),yes)
diff --git a/vpx/vp8.h b/vpx/vp8.h
index 0b4cb1b9e6d24b9d51a25e229c29d27273f4f932..ff71503284fdec6d7f66b8f1c78dda3f1226a345 100644
--- a/vpx/vp8.h
+++ b/vpx/vp8.h
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
  */
 #ifndef VP8_H
 #define VP8_H
-#include "vpx_codec_impl_top.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
 
 /*!\brief Control functions
  *
@@ -125,5 +128,8 @@ VPX_CTRL_USE_TYPE(VP9_GET_REFERENCE,           vp9_ref_frame_t *)
 
 /*! @} - end defgroup vp8 */
 
-#include "vpx_codec_impl_bottom.h"
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}  // extern "C"
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/vpx/vp8cx.h b/vpx/vp8cx.h
index f3ea6d3a206b41eef805e828d6c0ad7c8aabb40d..92fdb004ba9899b298c4a6e4d309d0157c451a4a 100644
--- a/vpx/vp8cx.h
+++ b/vpx/vp8cx.h
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
  */
 #ifndef VP8CX_H
 #define VP8CX_H
-#include "vpx_codec_impl_top.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
 
 /*!\name Algorithm interface for VP8
  *
@@ -334,5 +337,8 @@ VPX_CTRL_USE_TYPE(VP9E_SET_FRAME_PARALLEL_DECODING, unsigned int)
 VPX_CTRL_USE_TYPE(VP9E_SET_MAX_Q,      unsigned int)
 VPX_CTRL_USE_TYPE(VP9E_SET_MIN_Q,      unsigned int)
 /*! @} - end defgroup vp8_encoder */
-#include "vpx_codec_impl_bottom.h"
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}  // extern "C"
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/vpx/vp8dx.h b/vpx/vp8dx.h
index 7d250ccae8eb95403c1e6f52cbfdc7aa83d63dce..50a223f2ad403bdc27b7f0cf30539cc4c6a61431 100644
--- a/vpx/vp8dx.h
+++ b/vpx/vp8dx.h
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
  */
 #ifndef VP8DX_H
 #define VP8DX_H
-#include "vpx_codec_impl_top.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
 
 /*!\name Algorithm interface for VP8
  *
@@ -100,6 +103,8 @@ VPX_CTRL_USE_TYPE(VP9_INVERT_TILE_DECODE_ORDER, int)
 
 /*! @} - end defgroup vp8_decoder */
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}  // extern "C"
+#endif
 
-#include "vpx_codec_impl_bottom.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/vpx/vpx_codec.mk b/vpx/vpx_codec.mk
index ffa123f127f5e609e0f490065f4cce77368e4b7a..3d5510f66d2a3211c8b53290fe948d4e7bd3b22c 100644
--- a/vpx/vpx_codec.mk
+++ b/vpx/vpx_codec.mk
@@ -35,7 +35,5 @@ API_SRCS-yes                += src/vpx_codec.c
 API_SRCS-yes                += src/vpx_image.c
 API_SRCS-yes                += vpx_codec.h
 API_SRCS-yes                += vpx_codec.mk
-API_SRCS-yes                += vpx_codec_impl_bottom.h
-API_SRCS-yes                += vpx_codec_impl_top.h
 API_SRCS-yes                += vpx_image.h
 API_SRCS-$(BUILD_LIBVPX)    += vpx_integer.h
diff --git a/vpx/vpx_codec_impl_bottom.h b/vpx/vpx_codec_impl_bottom.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eb79a88a401ae05878df93896c8bc88bc18f624..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vpx/vpx_codec_impl_bottom.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright (c) 2010 The WebM project authors. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
- *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
- *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
- *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
- *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
- */
-
-
-/*
- * This file is to be included at the bottom of the header files defining the
- * interface to individual codecs and contains matching blocks to those defined
- * in vpx_codec_impl_top.h
- */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/vpx/vpx_codec_impl_top.h b/vpx/vpx_codec_impl_top.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c9b8cfab29a4fe67ef9a5ca8b26af6c2dbb7c7bd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vpx/vpx_codec_impl_top.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright (c) 2010 The WebM project authors. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
- *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
- *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
- *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
- *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
- */
-
-
-/*
- * This file is to be included at the top of the header files defining the
- * interface to individual codecs and contains various workarounds common
- * to all codec implementations.
- */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif